Salon du Livre 2019: 42nd Edition

Le Salon du livre de Montréal 2019

Montreal Annual Book Show

November 20-25, 2019

This year's Book Show, judging on the number of visitors during the first three days, is promising to be a great success. At it's usual location at Place Bonaventure, this most exciting Book Show that always takes place in Montreal in November, attracts enormously large crowds. Visiting during the first two days of the show, one gets truly overwhelmed with the great number of school children and their teachers, brought in by many school buses.

The children's curiosity and excitement about the books is truly contagious. They form long cues to their favorite authors to have their just purchased books signed by them. They also hurdle around children book displays and look through the books that attracts their attention.

GUESTS OF HONOUR OF THE 2019 EDITION:

Enki Bilal - scriptwriter, author, illustrator and French director recognized internationally for his work in comics;

Fanny Britt - playwright, writer and translator who works as much in theatre as in literature, contributing works of profound humanity;

Jean Paul Daoust - author and poet several times rewarded for his free and bursting pen;

Tristan Demers - comic artist and author, present on the Quebec cultural scene since the age of 10 with his Gargoyle character and several other series of youth comics;

Antonine Maillet, a prolific Acadian actress, whose fame extends throughout the Francophonie and whose work is translated into several languages;

Andrée Poulin, youthful author whose work is stands out by its ability to make young and old people think;

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit activist and essayist nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his positions political and environmental;

Webster, author, activist and rapper who uses his art to educate people about diversity and raise awareness.

SPECIAL REGARD on UKRAINE

The Salon also gives itself the mission of offering a visibility to cultures and literature from here and elsewhere. This year, Ukraine, its literature and its creators will be spotlighted at a brand new section «Clin d’oeil à... ». A number of events and conferences are scheduled on Ukrainian literature with the presence of Ukrainian authors, including the great Andrey Kurkov. There is also a kiosk promoting Ukrainian books and Ukraine, where visitors can learn more about the culture of this country.

There is a lot to discover at this year's Book Show. Everybody will be able to find just the right books for personal reading, or the books to be gifted to friends and family during the upcoming holiday season.

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For more information, visit the Salon's website.